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General Procedures 22: New Hand & New Limits When time has elapsed in a round and a new level is announced, the new level applies to the next hand. A hand begins with the first riffle. If an automatic shuffler is used, the hand begins when the green button is pushed. 23: Chip Race, Scheduled Color Ups A: At scheduled color-ups, chips will be raced off, starting in seat 1, with a maximum of one chip awarded to a player. Players cannot be raced out of an event: a player losing his remaining chip(s) in a race will get 1 chip of the lowest denomination still in play. B: Players must have their chips fully visible and are encouraged to witness the chip race. C: If after the race, a player still has chips of a removed denomination, they will be exchanged for current denominations only at equal value. Chips of removed denominations that do not fully total at least the smallest denomination still in play will be removed without compensation. 24: Cards & Chips Kept Visible, Countable, & Manageable. Discretionary Color-Ups A: Players are entitled to a reasonable estimation of an opponent's chip count; thus chips should be kept in countable stacks. The TDA recommends clean stacks in multiples of 20 as a standard. Players must keep higher denomination chips visible and identifiable at all times. B: TDs will control the number & denomination of chips in play and may color up at their discretion. Discretionary color ups are to be announced. C: Players with live hands must keep their cards in plain view at all times. 25: Deck Changes Deck changes will be on the dealer push or level changes or as prescribed by the house. Players may not ask for deck changes. 26: Re-buys A player may not miss a hand. If a player announces the intent to rebuy before a new hand, he is playing chips behind and is obligated to make the re-buy. 27: Calling for a Clock Once a reasonable amount of time passes and a clock is called for, a player will be given up to 50 seconds to make a decision. If action is not taken before time expires, there will be a 10- second countdown. If the player has not acted by the end of the countdown, the hand is dead. A tie goes to the player. At TDs discretion, the time allowed under this rule may be reduced. 28: Rabbit Hunting No rabbit hunting is allowed. Rabbit hunting is revealing any cards “that would have come” if the hand had not ended. © Copyright 2013: All Rights Reserved, Poker Tournament Directors Association. See use policy at http://PokerTDA.com.
Player Present / Eligible for Hand 29: At Your Seat A player must be at his seat when the first card is dealt on the initial deal or he will have a dead hand. A player not then at his seat is dealt in, he may not look at his cards, and the hand is immediately killed after the initial deal. His blinds and antes are posted and if dealt the bring-in card in a stud-type game he will post the bring-in*. A player must be at his seat to call time. “At your seat” means within reach of your chair. This rule is not intended to condone players being out of their seats while involved in a hand. [*Note: In stud, house rules may require additional card(s) be dealt to the killed hand in certain situations.] 30: At the Table with Action Pending A player with a live hand must remain at the table if any further betting action remains in the hand. Leaving the table is incompatible with a player’s duty to protect his hand and follow the action, and is subject to penalty. 31: Dead Button Tournament play will use a dead button. Button / Blinds 32: Dodging Blinds Players who intentionally dodge any blind when moving from a broken table will incur a penalty. 33: Button in Heads-up In heads-up play, the small blind is on the button and acts first pre-flop and last on all other betting rounds. The last card is dealt to the button. When beginning heads-up play, the button may need to be adjusted to ensure no player has the big blind twice in a row. Dealing Rules 34: Misdeals A: Misdeals include but are not necessarily limited to: 1) 2 or more boxed cards on the initial deal; 2) first card dealt to the wrong seat; 3) cards dealt to a seat not entitled to a hand; 4) a seat entitled to a hand is dealt out; 5) In stud, if any of the players’ 2 down cards are exposed by dealer error; 6) In flop games, if either of the first 2 cards dealt off the deck or any other 2 downcards are exposed by dealer error. Players may be dealt 2 consecutive cards on the button. House standards apply for draw games (ex: lowball). B: If a misdeal is declared, the re-deal is an exact re-play: the button does not move, no new players are seated, and limits stay the same. Cards are dealt to players on penalty or who were not at their seats for the original deal, and their hands are killed after the re-deal. The original deal and re-deal count as one hand for a player on penalty, not two. C: If substantial action occurs, a misdeal cannot be declared and the hand must proceed. © Copyright 2013: All Rights Reserved, Poker Tournament Directors Association. See use policy at http://PokerTDA.com.
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